JONES, LOCAL 4. Karen: SCRAP METAL THIEVES ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND NOBODY SEEMS ABLE OR WILLING TO STOP THEM. THE LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" FIRST EXPOSED THIS PROBLEM WEEKS AGO AT SCHOOLS IN DETROIT. HANK WINCHESTER IS LIVE AT THE OLD FINNEY HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS ANYTHING CHANGED, HANK? Hank: UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST AUGUST. WE RECEIVED A STATEMENT FROM DPS AND WE'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU. TAKE A LOOK INSIDE. WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU INTO WHAT WAS THE AUDITORIUM FOR FINNEY AND JUST WITHIN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, SCRAPPERS HAVE REMOVED EVERY SEAT FROM THE AUDITORIUM. EVERY WINDOW THAT WAS IN THIS PART OF THE BUILDING. AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO KEEP THEM OUT. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT EVEN MORE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE OLD FINNEY HIGH SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE. THE BUILDING SITS WIDE OPEN, A PRIME SPOT FOR SCRAPPERS. NEIGHBORS ARE FED UP! IT'S SAD WHAT HAPPENED. HOPEFULLY THE AWARENESS YOU'RE BRINGING TO IT, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE BUYS IT OR RENIOVATES OR DOES SOMETHING WITH THE PROPERTY. Hank: WE WERE HERE WHEN THEY WERE RIPPING THE BUILDING APART. DPS PROMISED ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN, THAT THIS BUILDING WOULD BE SECURE, THAT CRIMINALS WOULD BE KEPT AWAY. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE IN FACT, THE PROBLEM IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. WE CALLED THE NUMBER POSTED BY DPS IN FRONT OF THE OLD FINNEY HIGH SCHOOL, TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION. TAKE A LISTEN. WE CAN ALSO DO A SHOWING. Hank: WE'RE CALLING FROM CHANNEL 4. I DON'T KNOW IF A SHOWING WOULD BE -- I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE MEDIA. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VIEWING THE PROPERTY, I HAVE TO REFER YOU TO THE MEDIA DEPARTMENT. DO YOU NEED THE NUMBER? Hank: WE CALLED THEM, THEY'RE NOT ANSWERING. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY THE BUILDING IS WIDE OPEN. THEY HAVE A MEDIA DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE TO LET THEM DO THEIR JOB, I CAN'T TALK TO THE MEDIA. Hank: CAN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY GIVE US A CALL? Hank: DPS PROMISED ACTION BUT CLEARLY FAILED. THE SCRAPPERS WON, AND THOSE WHO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS EYESORE REMAIN THE BIG LOSERS. BACK OUT HERE LIVE. INSIDE FINNEY AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE HERE IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THERE WERE STILL WINDOWS IN THIS PART OF THE BUILDING AND STILL SEATS. OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS LEFT WIDE OPEN, SCRAPPERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR WAY IN TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO COMPLETELY CLEAN THIS BUILDING OUT. AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE STORY, WE DID FINALLY RECEIVE A STATEMENT FROM DPS. LET ME SHARE THAT WITH YOU. IT READS: DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS HEADED PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT... Hank: THE CONCERN FOREPEOPLE IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO KEEP CRIMINALS AWAY AND SCRAPPERS AWAY. THE BUILDING IS WIDE OPEN AND THERE'S NOT A FENCE SURROUNDING THE ABANDONED STRUCTURE. HERE ON THE EAST SIDE, HANK WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU.

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